Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-24
TEXAS IRON NEWS,
IA. i. MINER,
Editor Henderson Times.

JEFFERSON, Ten. Aug. 70, 1857.
To the Editor of the Gaze te.
AS ere OF the seventy.hve Texas ed
itors included in your call for al eX-
preston OF views concerning the present
snd future aspect CT prohibition, ami the
expedieEcy Of continuing thu agitatiOu,
we will endGaYOr to briefly &pswer from
our standpoint tie several inquiries or
propositions set forth in your letter OF
18th inst. We quote your direct ques-
tons propOUnded to us in full, so that
the reader may hsye just conception o.
the premises upon which our editorial
views are solicited for publication in
THE GAZETTE, which are 80 follows:
/. In view Of The fact that the question
OF prohibition was settled By s majority
CT 90, Geo against It, and therefore not
likely TIC come up Gs question in state
politics sgsin for very many years, is it
wise, is it eXpedient, and IS il TO the best
interest OF the Democratic party of Texas,
50 now constituted, for either prohibition
or approximation Democrats 10 con
tinue the agitation of the subject with z
view 20 making the opinions snd votes
OF the Iste canvass party test next year?
, Would o. would it rot be best fer the
Democratic party, as ! whole, &c regard
the matter IS settled, and Leave il where
it now stands-buried beneath a majority
of nearly 100 600, and whether or not the
Democracy of the state has other fouuds-
ton for existence and mission in lie, than
the discussion OF state prohibition, which
an immense adverse maj0rity has re!e-
gated TO the rear for many years, If not
forever?
Public sentiment, by almost unaEi-
nous majority Of counties, having de
clared against the measure as presented
to the qualified voters, It certainly is not
eXpedient nor to the best interest OF the
Democratic party of Texas to further
agitate the question. 1t would be sui
Cidal policy to ostracise any Democrat
VITO participated for or against prohibi.
ton, or to make the opinions and votes
of the late canvass party test next year
either in primary, district or state
conventions for the reason th1t al
Democrats should be united for
| the common defense CT the party against
any effort of extremists to dismember il
or weaken it's organization either in state
or national politics. We therefore IN
| hesitatingly say, in our humble Judgment
| that further agitation would be eXssper-
aring to the voters ard dangerous to the
| peace and welfare Of the state, resulting
| in needless strife and dtssersiO15 among
antilles, Eeieh1ors and friends, all o.
which will be detrimental 10 peaceful
| homes, social union, and inpoiitjc as {
measure OF sufficient compensation fol-
| tie iii feeling that would BE- engendered
To the second inquiry, regarding n,
matter settled and buried beneath g ma
joIity OF 100, coo, re simply say, let The
agitation cease, cnd the agitator fn(
more profitable employment Than that Of
vexing the citizen, srrayiDg friends anC
Deighb0rs against each other, and intro
ducing the boycott, as is now the case il
Prohibition Iowa. Yes, we believe tbs
the Democracy of the state has othe
foundation orexistence and mission in lif
than the discussion Ct state prohibition
which is and always viii be an impractt
cable measure when applied to "gov
eminent OF the people, by the people, an
for the people"
The editor Of the Texas Iron News wi
support the regular Democratic nominee
in bOta state and national conventions
as he has done for thirty years past, an
hopes TO live and die in the Democrat
household. EDWIN K. OVERALL,
Editor Texas Iron NpwS